| Title |
A Study on Transformation of Yuksang-gung as a Royal Shrines in 20th Century |
| Keywords |
Yuksang-gung ; Chil-gung ; Royal Shrine ; Ritual ; Urban Tissues |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to understand several changes of Yuksang-gung(毓祥宮), which was one of the royal shine in Joseon Dynasty. On urban context and architectural perspective, the shrine took significant position in 20th century when old Hanyang(漢陽) transformed to Kyungsung(京城). Originally, Yuksang-gung was constructed as a little shine which set up a tablet of King Young-jo’s biological mother. After given a title of a palace, the shrine became important site that King Young-jo held a ritual formality for his mother. Furthermore, it related to King’s will that tried to reorganize urban structure, because he stayed Kyunghee-palce(慶熙宮) in the latter part of his time. Yuksang-gung changed through three phases. In first phase, the shrine got a position of palace. In second phase, by enshrining together Yuksang-gung transformed to Chil-gung(七宮). Enshrined palaces were arranged in hierarchical order, and it was same as royal procession that king had moved between several royal shrines since 20th century. In third phase, the boundary of Yuksang-gung was reduced by urban planning in 1968. In spatial aspect, the space composition of royal shrines in Joseon dynasty could be classified into three areas, and the same principle applies to Yuksang-gung. |